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Ghostly Tales
Ghostly Tales Ghostly Tales was part of a wave of new horror and
suspense comics published by Charlton during this peri-
od. Its sister titles, with many of the same creators, were
the Charlton anthologies The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves
(with host Dr. M.T. Graves), Haunted (with Impy and then
Baron Weirwulf), Ghost Manor (with host Mr. Bones), and
Ghostly Haunts (with Winnie the Witch).
Publication history
Ghostly Tales debuted with issue #55, taking over the num-
bering of Blue Beetle vol. 4 (which itself had continued the
numbering of Unusual Tales). Ghostly Tales was predomi-
nantly bimonthly during its run; it went on a publish-
ing hiatus between issues #124 and #125 from January to
August 1977. It became primarily a reprint title with is-
sue #127 (Jan. 1978), republishing material from its own
archives as well as those of its sister titles (and some
Golden Age material from titles like Unusual Tales and
Fawcett’s This Magazine is Haunted — whose rights Charl-
ton owned.) Altogether, Ghostly Tales published 115 is-
sues.
Regular contributors to the book included Pat
Issue #55 of Ghostly Tales (May 1966), the first issue of the new title. Art
Boyette, Steve Ditko, Wayne Howard, Russ Jones & Bhob
by Rocke Mastroserio. Stewart, and Rocke Mastroserio. Over the course of its
18-year run, Ghostly Tales was edited by Pat Masulli, Sal
Publication information Gentile, and George Wildman. Wildman edited the title
Publisher Charlton Comics for more than twelve years, from issue #97 (August 1972)
until its cancellation with issue #169 (Oct. 1984).
Schedule Bimonthly
Horror comics in general were in decline in the early
Format anthology 1980s, and Charlton in particular was suffering financial-
ly. In October 1984, Charlton suspended publication, and
Genre Horror
Ghostly Tales ended its run along with the rest of the com-
Publication date May 1966-October 1984 pany’s remaining titles.[1]
Number of issues 115
Main Mr. L. Dedd/I.M. Dedd Notes
character(s) [1] "Charlton Comics Suspends Publication," The
Editor(s) Pat Masulli, Sal Gentile, George Comics Journal #94 (Oct. 1984), p. 18.
Wildman
Ghostly Tales was a horror-suspense anthology comic
References
book series published by Charlton Comics from 1966 to • Ghostly Tales at the Grand Comics Database
1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 • Ghostly Tales at the Comic Book DB
onward). The book was "hosted" by Mr. L. Dedd (later
changed to I.M. Dedd a middle-aged gentleman with
Dedd),
purplish skin and horns who dressed like a vampire. Mr.
External links
Dedd spun his "ghostly tales" from the parlor of his • Ghostly Tales cover gallery at ComicVine
"haunted house".
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